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SoftBank now also confirms it is exploring to sell ARM
We've written that NVIDIA is eying the purchase of ARM, several other parties already have shown interest as well. The one company that has remained silent about it all is the owner, Softbank. And they've just confirmed that ARM indeed is for sale.
Masayoshi Son, CEO of the Japanese group SoftBank, confirmed during a conversation regarding their quarterly figures that the company is contemplating selling Arm. Selling the entire company or part of it is an option, says the CEO.
A second possibility is to bring the company to the stock exchange ahead of schedule. Arm previously has been listed on the stock exchange, but when SoftBank bought the chip designer back in 2016, the company withdrew itself from the stock exchange. It then committed itself to bring back stock exchange in the year 2023. That can be brought forward, says Son.
NVIDIA would be in advanced talks to purchase the company, but legislation might be an issue as NVIDIA would become very powerful, as ARM holds a number of cross-licenses and patents. A takeover of Arm by Nvidia could be difficult due to competition rules. Then again, that goes for any company due to the sheer size of ARM itself.
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#5817267 Posted on: 08/12/2020 12:50 PM
The plot thickens.
The plot thickens.
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#5817268 Posted on: 08/12/2020 01:15 PM
Maybe the CEO just wants to give himself a bonus...
Maybe the CEO just wants to give himself a bonus...
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#5817282 Posted on: 08/12/2020 01:58 PM
In my opinion, only if the buyer is already integrally involved in relevant (related) business. Nvidia is 100%, but also any smartphone manufacturer would be, for example. Some general (technology) investment fund wouldn't be, unless it was majorly owned by a company that is.
At least ARM is too much for the American patent trolls. One of those would be even worse than Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Huawei, or something like that buying it.
Then again, that goes for any company due to the sheer size of ARM itself.
In my opinion, only if the buyer is already integrally involved in relevant (related) business. Nvidia is 100%, but also any smartphone manufacturer would be, for example. Some general (technology) investment fund wouldn't be, unless it was majorly owned by a company that is.
At least ARM is too much for the American patent trolls. One of those would be even worse than Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Huawei, or something like that buying it.
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#5817302 Posted on: 08/12/2020 03:25 PM
Intel wouldn't be allowed to buy ARM from an antitrust perspective but I have a feeling they may offer on ARM to run the price up. This is going to be interesting.
Intel wouldn't be allowed to buy ARM from an antitrust perspective but I have a feeling they may offer on ARM to run the price up. This is going to be interesting.
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It's very weird that they would do this honestly. They have the largest CPU architecture in the world under their control, it should be a sort of a strategic asset, if nothing else.